Voters can check online to make sure their ballot is counted in North Carolina, but the information for the Nov. 3 election may not be updated for a couple weeks if you voted on Election Day.
"The State Board of Elections and county boards of elections are inundated with questions from voters about whether their ballot was counted in the 2020 general election. In almost every single case, the answer will be yes," the board said in a news release Thursday.
The State Board of Elections said it could take "a few weeks" for those votes to show up in their online system.
People in North Carolina can check the state board's "Voter Search" database to see their entire voting history.
“If you voted in person and inserted your ballot into a tabulator, your selections were immediately recorded on a memory card, and your votes were reported on election night as part of the unofficial results,” said Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections.
“We respectfully ask that voters trust their bipartisan boards of elections across North Carolina. We are here to make sure your votes count, and they will,” Bell said in a statement Thursday.
If you voted absentee by mail
Once counties receive your absentee ballot, you can see where your vote is in the process under the "Your Absentee Ballot" tab of the voter search tool. The site will also show if your ballot has been accepted.
Ballots will not show up under the "Voter History" tab for a couple weeks.
If you voted early in-person
Early in-person votes will also show up under the "Your Absentee Ballot" with "in person" marked under the return method.
"Your ballot status also will show up in the 'Voter History' section as soon as your county completes the post-election process of assigning voter history to your record. This may take a couple of weeks or longer," the board said.
If you voted on Election Day
Voters who cast ballots on Election Day will need to wait a couple weeks for their voter history to be updated.
"When you inserted your ballot into a tabulator, your selections were recorded on a media card in the tabulator. These results were counted and reported publicly on election night," the board said in a release.
"Please be assured that your county board of elections will complete this process as promptly as possible amid the other post-election tasks that must be completed, including post-election audits and certification of the results," according to the board.
